Surgeons Here, Patient There. Doctors in New York have successfully removed the gall bladder from a woman in France, using a remote-controlled robot. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]
Author: Vince Kimball
Judges OK tracking employee Web use
Judges OK tracking employee Web use. CNET Sep 19 2001 7:07PM ET… [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
Islam 101 (from 2020 Hindsight)
Islam 101 (from 2020 Hindsight) – NY Times: The Big Terrible Thomas L. Friedman is in Jordan, and covers things from that perspective. [via New Media Musings] The article has Jordan's King Abdullah's perspective on what the terrorists want: On Sunday I interviewed Jordan's King Abdullah, one of America's real friends. He had three wise… Continue reading
Islam 101 (from 2020 Hindsight)
Islam 101 (from 2020 Hindsight) – George W. Bush visited a mosque and spoke about respecting Islam. [transcript] Respecting Muslim custom, Bush, his White House aides and Secret Service agents removed their shoes before stepping on the elaborate carpets in the mosque….. At one point, the president quoted a translated verse from the Koran, saying,… Continue reading
Robots Scour WTC Wreckage
Robots Scour WTC Wreckage. Robots that can flatten themselves and change shapes are being used to scour the wreckage of collapsed World Trade Center towers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
What Future War Looks Like
What Future War Looks Like. A renowned author of books on terrorism speculates on what the first war of the 21st century may look like. Interview by Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen. [Wired News]
WSJ. Video conferences surged last week.
WSJ. Video conferences surged last week. Companies that provide conferencing services say usage swelled 10% to 50% last week, as companies stepped up efforts to communicate with their employees — including those temporarily stranded following the attacks in New York and Washington. Companies that deliver audio, video or computer data to users' personal computers also… Continue reading WSJ. Video conferences surged last week.
Larry Staton
Larry Staton is contributing to the superopendirectory with a directory of legal resources. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem Post. Mossad warned US of major attacks. Mossad officials traveled to Washington last month to warn the CIA and the FBI that a cell of up to 200 terrorists was planning a major operation, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph here yesterday. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
Confessions of an Accidental Programmer
Confessions of an Accidental Programmer. O'Reilly: Confessions of an Accidental Programmer “Deciding that it was better to light a candle than curse the darkness, in 1998 I created a novice-level tutorial called The Beginners Guide to CGI Scripting with Perl. The response was gratifying; the site seemed to strike a chord with other accidental programmers,… Continue reading Confessions of an Accidental Programmer